sight lost in one eye

Hi, i have lost my sight in one eye over a 10year period. i am 29 years old and when i was about 17 years old i noticed that sight in one of my eyes was not as good as the other. I also realised that i wasnt using my weaker eye at all and would only use it when i covered my stronger eye. I did nothing about it and over the years it got worse and now i am almost completely blind in one eye. I had a scan recently and it showed that i have a tiny growth on my optic nerve. My optic nerve is now aparently white, and not its usual grey healthy colour. I was silly to allow this problem to get worse, but could i have done anything to prevent it? I guess my optic nerve now is damaged. Can anything be done anywhere in the world? If so what? I am now contemplating having a bi opsy done on this growth. Is this a good idea? Will i ever get my sight back in this eye.? Will my eye look in a different direction soon and turn outwards? i hope you can help...  

[Sandy Feldman, MD, MS]

Dear baffy,

I would definitely seek help and care of an eyeMD.  I would definitely ask your doctors these questions.  Without knowing what you have, it is difficult to make predictions.  Try to take one step at a time and continue with the workup.  Become familiar with your situation and ask questions of your doctors.

Dr. Feldman

Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California

[baffy]

Thank you for your reply.  If its the case as I suspect it is that my optic nerve is completely damaged is there any surgery that can be done to restore this?  The doctor thinks that I have a growth on the optic nerve (eye meningioma).  Is this treatable and can the sight be restored?